The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE-PUBLIC JOU RNAL:.._;. Our readers will find - eiSewhere .an ample report of two of the greatest meetings ever held in this country since the ignobl e . an 1 tvrennical ereeeediors of Ca4tlfgeagla, and the obstinate and. perverse r esistance of the To-ie , to the de clared wishes of the people to the obtainment of a popular and satisfactory reform, summoned the honest blood of the United Kingdom to the rescue from its intended thraldom and degradation. Whether the length of the report re .fer el to is considered on the one hand—its ample and tory character on the other, and also the brief space -of tene in which a work of suet) itnincese labour was pes formed—we aro confident. that our readers will che accord to us the simple prai•e of having most carefully studied to earn their approba ien. The meeting was, in deed, a great and glorious meetine—great in the manifes tation by thousands who had joined in sentiment and action, and glorious in the order which was una nimously maintained, and in the intellect which was exhibited. - Where did ever such a body of men con gregate together—whatever the purpose might be—so united in heart and in mind, and so little disposed, however they might be prompted by malignant and disaf fected persons—among whom to lit tie of disturbance or disorder occurred, as those who composed the meeting at Birmingham ! No where ; but the meeting forms its own best panegyric in this respect, and we turn, therefore, to the more important topics which caused its assembling. With the sentiments expressed at the meeting we cannot wholly concur, though we cheerfully agree in bestowing our meed of pr •ise upon the honesty of purpose which characterised them. They are the emanations of noble spirits smarting under poverty, and who, having been re peatedly deluded by false promises, are but little inclined to give credit to any one for honest intentions, or patriotic motives. They truly state that the land abounds with milk and honey—that " The land itself is goodly, the soil rich, and the tempera- ture wholesome; it is abundantly furnished with the materials of commerce and trade ; •it has numerous and convenient har bours ; in facility of internal communication it exceeds - all others. Yet with all these elements of r:ational prosperity, and with every disposition and capacity to take advantage of them, we find ourselves overwhelmed with public and private suffering." But in endeavouring to trace these evils to their proper sources, we are of opinion that they hare, in more than one instance, greatly mistak n the c.a.tee for the effect. We do not make this remark in condemeation of an Extension of the Suffrage, and of Vote by Ballot, b,:ing the great auxi liaries of national happiness ; but in the meeting apparently relying upon them as the specifics of national regeneration, when, on the other hand, as every one ought to know, these measures can be of no avail except in a well edu ceted and high'y intellectual country. Education is the prime source of the strength, the independence, ire! pi nes., of a eat:o ; and without its wide-spread diffusion, we question greatly whether the ameliorative tne.sur.:s pra)ed for by the meeting would tend to any great extent to remedy the evils complained of. We fear, indeed, that eith the at present limited state of the education of the generality of the people in this country, the only results of the adoption of Annual Parliaments awe UrnvCreal Suffrage would be a partial ruin of the people, in falling a Prey to the ambitious and interested views of persons who, like the Cobbetts, the Hunts, and the Wakleys, and Whalleys of modern times, have promised much, and done less in the way of good than the veriest Tories that ever hoisted of their patriotism. But of this more to-morrow.—Morning Adve,tiser. Although the Prisons Bill was not sent to the House of Lords until the pressure of bu.iaess towards the c'ose of the Session might afford its more objectionable provisions some chalice of escape, we are happy to see that the stanty time allowed for deliberaiien hes oot prevented their Lord ships from subjecting it to that jealous and searching sent tiny which has led to its defeat. The endless jobs to which it evidently gave encouragement in the way of goad building. appear to us deserving of especial attention. It: many smaller boroughs the gaol is looked up to as the principal public edifice, which may be made both convenient and ornamental to the town in divers respects, wholly un connected with its specific purpose. Offices for To,sn clerks, a spacious hall for public meetings, as well as a market-place on the ground-floor, are not unfrequently comprised under its roof ; so that, should a Borough Council containing the leading dealers in poultry, fi s h.. mongery, or greengrocery happen to think, with their legal functionary, that a new prison might be made ser viceable to all parties, they would have had nothing more to do than present a memorial and plan to the'Home office, accomp mied by the fief of their Recorder, and this Bid (provided they were oa the liberal side of politics) would have gained them their paint presently. To facili tate this sort of ,jobbing the more effectually, Exchequer loans were to be gni-rel, local taxes imposed, and gaol rates mortgaged es a security for borrowed money ; in vir tue of which devices, our provineld aatornies, briele!ayer., plumbers, smiths, painters, plasterers, carpenters, lath splitters, ironmorvrs, slaters, and the market folks who have an eye to the ground-fl nor, %acre provided with such temptations to set about geol bulling as would probably bare rereit red it one of the most common and profitable recreafons in England. The check which this Nil affected to provi:k against abuses in these matters, by requiring the formal recommendation of the borough Recorder, was fe •ble enough in all conscience. In nine e aces out oF ten that learned functionary is appointed to office on the nomination of the Council, and in general their declared orenion of his conduct is the arlriter of his pro motion. Far are we from wishing to insinuate anything to the di•:credit of the r spectable persons to whom such situatiens are an eb:a•et ; on the contrary, in ordinary cir cutn-t inces we should say that the highly honourable feeling, of their le oFes:ion would render any mean collu sions wholly nttlikely ; but after whit we have re cently seen in regard to the conduct of honour tide gentle men on Election Committees (Roxburgh and Hull to wit), we thud the infirmities of human nature to he so incorri gible, that the most upright men in the a orld are sometimes b strayed, in one way or an ether, into very equivocal transactions. Certain it is, that Whig Recor lers are nit angels of purity any more than their better. To a ceit,in extent, tl.ey are depen dent on town-councillors, both for profession ml buiieess in courts of law, an I also for a favourable lift when canvas sing. for plenum or a seet i t Paeliament. It appears to us, the refor... that time s valm of gaol jobs which this Bill was likely to engender, woell stand hut a poor chance of being ihwarted by these I...arned per-oats ; and consequently tie llome S e er. try's •varrant. grouses have been is•ued in ino,t c uses as a rims tr of course. The c,ilence which this measure presents of the Ministry's uneecom.tablts predilec tion for gaols, ia preference to Churebes, is too rem tr.;- able to eseope no•ice. That moral influeeces, ratter than le ntl des' pine, ought to be e inploved far as possible for imtintainieg aed advancing the good ord, r of soei,..ty, is a '.xi at which, in words at loast, is adnetted even by the IVid 4 s. But in this re spelt th sir practiee, usual, heli•-s their professions. In sp;te of the rapid in crease of ienorance arel crime in Scotland, they po&- tively refuse to maitm..ain in that country a moral force com mensurate with the wants of Co., people. Yet they come ferward with their Prison Bids in :ilatatlance. Christian applatices shall b! withheld frown thrmse part; of the coun t.]: witch are 'nest in need of them, but gaols and wt tk le: es shall be multipli,cl ad li.sThon. Strange legi,ktion timi, I. The fie that with all their affe: to tl. pulite- about the liberty , tyl 11.:ppiectss of the subject, the innate disposi tion_ of the - Whig 4 ;sycophants end tyrants by turns) is either-to lord it with a stringent coercive policy whereter they can venture to do so, or else to sanction an unbridled popu'ar license, as in Ireland, where they must slavishly crouch to the paramount dictatorship of their patron. — Times. It is a fact:that we can se ircely credit, brcause the thing seems too tn , nsttotts for belief, that Government has really an intention of putting to death upon the sciffold a boy of 14 years of ege ! too in Christian England—in the nineteenth ceniury—and in the reign of Queen Victoria! Can we forget that the first. a liress of our maiden monarch to her assembled Parliament derived its chief interest and lus:re from the heart-touching sentiments of mercy with which that act of sovereignty was graced ? Is the strangu lation of a boy of 14 on the scaffold a proof of our advanced civilization at the present day ? Or is it a spectacle only worthy of a land from which the night of barbarism has not yet passed...away ? If we thought that the people were of the same mind as the Government on this subject we should consillerth it notions of criminal justice ro he mare in ae ca;-,lince wbh the savage usage s of the African Cost than the institutions which a Christian community the foremost of the European nations—ought to be expected to possess and admire. And scarcely would African jus tice demand such a human A'uman sacrifice as this! earyeotau7gaerre, . that the execution o f a ba y of fourteen, or even is not without precedent. But barbarism male many pre ce,.deols-'wtich civilization should denounce end avoid. God has rriven reason an I understandirg to man that he may know how to choose between gaml and evil ; but in holy few boys of the tender age of the lad Kirby ::re reason and understanding, developed, except in a very imperfect de gree ? A boy of that ege displaying great depravit tei y i -, ( though t truly an object of pity, ought not to g o un P to drag him to a scaffold—to. place him in the bu hands of the executioner— to cut him off from toe lind of tie lining, is calculated to excite more sympathy for the otrender than reverence for the Whatt:ver advantage her Majesty's Ministers may ex pect society to derive from so inhuman and revolting a sp..ctaelf, we are sure the Engli-h people will regard it with feeings of loathing and horror. The petitions which hay • heel% forwarded o behalf of the clemency of the Crown from various places abundantly prove that. Are tboic petititions, which express the sense of the country, to be disregarded ? What benefit can F o ll ow f r om examples of this nature , against which the voice of public opinion vehetneetly, and irviignantlideclares? We should have supposed - that there could not be, possibly, any inten tion at the Home Office of carrying then extreme sentence of the law into effect in this case, if a Lincoln paper did not positively state that, notwithstanding the resp:te for a week, the execs' hon was expected to take piece on Friday next, and that a London hangman had actually arrived in Lincoln to remove all uht upon the subject. We do not argue this case with any reference to the possible innocence of the boy of the heinous crime of which he stands convicted. We are aware he is stated to have made a confession. How that really is we know not. But we will take.it for granted that his guilt is not shadowed by a particle of doubt. Viewing the case in this light, we do not hesitate to say that, clear as the evidence of his crime may be, and heinous as that crime is, the judicial destruction of the life of this mere boy upon ihe scaffold will, to the minds of all enlight ened people, reflect upon England, in the nineteenth cen tury,. the reproach of national barbarity ; for though the nation it sentiment repudiates it, the country must bear the stigma which the act of Government inflicts, if, indeed, the Government are resolved to shed the blood of the juvenile convict.--Morning Herald. If the Irish branch of the Established Church be not speedily overthrown—if the brute force of the papist natives be not speedily arrayed, as in 1641 and in 1798, not only against the Church by law established, but against the ex isting distribution of the soil of the country among, Protes tant Proprietors, originating in Sassenagh confiscations, and maintained by Sassenagh laws and Sassenagh swords—it must he acknowledged, that the fault will not be attributable either to our " Liberal" Ministers or to their organs in the public Press. Had that gallant and respectable personage Lord Howick, the official pander to the incendiary who denounced his father and his father's friends as " brutal, base, and lioody," been employed and paid to hold for th encouragement to the Papist enemies of the Chum':-. of England in Ireland, be could hardly have discharged his duties, his anti-English duties, bet ter than by his late speeches in his place in Parliament. His omi nous anticipations of the wholesale spoliation and utter downfall of the Establishment in Ireland sounded much more like the expression of a timid and somewhat shamefaced Lope, then like that of genuine apprehension or indignant loathing. In case of such a catastrophe, that re spectable functionary and his colleagues have, assuredly, earned a title to the especial benevolence and patronage of the new Papist dynasty in Ireland, to whose triumphant ac cession they will have so materially contributed. Lord Howick, however, Lord John Russell, and the rest of the pro-Papist Ministers, have not yet ventured, in their own persons, openly to preach the practice of rebellion, though their principles and their measures have a direct tendency to foster the worst prejudices and the worst passions of those bolder spirts,s , lei await but the signal to hoist the green banner of rebellion and massacre ; and to shout out, the words of that obscene and libellous versifier whom Whigs delighted to honour, and whom Whig Papists have made a point of pensioning : " But onward! the green banner rearing Go. flesh every sword to the hilt ; On our side is virtue and Erin— On theirs is the Saxon and guilt." In the lines we have quoted may been seen the expres sion of that sentiment which pervades and animates the great mass of those whose stipendiary agent Mr. O'Con nell is, and who, for his dear sake, are the favoured clients of his and her Majesty's Ministers. The Morning Organ of , those desperate and degraded men, in the discharge of a daily duty, wnich ought to be very profitable, for it is in any man not a Milesian Papist both digraceful and disgusting, thus delicately and dexterously insinuates the sacred duty of resistance to the laws of the land : " All religious changes originate with a few, and the bulk of a nation generally remain long attached to the doctrines and practices to which they have been accustomed. In Eng ' land the superior energy of the Protestant minority ultimately prevailed over the Catholic majority, and the establishment of Protestantism, whatever it originally was, has now the jus tification of general consent. If Protestantism bad been equally fortunate in Ireland the Catholics might have found a ground for submitting to it not insulting to them as free citi zens But from a variety of causes Protestantism has proved an utter failure in Irel and, and no sane man can entertain a hope that it will prove more fortunate hereafter than in times past. The pride of the Catholic majority will always, there , fore. lead them to remain impatient under the yo/.e of a Protestant minority. That they will be content with less than religious equality no man can believe who does not entertain the opinion that they are deficient in true spirit and bravery. It must, therefore, be with the Irish Cathotcs merely a question of prudence and opportunity when they shall attempt to shake eff a yoke wlich they would be less than men could they bear with patience. The way to inter pret what an Irishman's feelings on this subject must be is for an Englishman to suppose one-tenth of the people of England Catholics, and the religion of that tenth established by means of the bayonets of Irish Catholics. We tell the Catholics ut Ireland that we are their masters—that we have the bayonets; ▪ they submit, c f course, because they cannot help themselves; but an obe.lience which is disgraceful to those who yield it is not a fou' dation on which the edifice of civil polity can be securely revel. And it therefore, that Lord Brougham, in common with so many other state salt n, conceive, the Chuich of Ireland mu:;t fall ere long." The language of this paregrepli, which is neither better nor worse than very many others that might be selected from the columns of the Morning Chronicle, would be stifficieetly startling in any journal not profe.,sedly Ja cobin. But in a paper enjoying Or enduring the re putation of being semi-official, such sentiments are doubly alarming. As the opinions of an individual, they are unimportant : as doctrines sanctioned by the Ministers of a Monarch essentially anti-Papist--the very tenure of whose crown depends upon the main teeance of the Protestant religion in Ireland as well as in England—they are matter not only of alarm but of indignation. The most irr tab e, turbulent, pugnacious, and disaffected people in Europe—a people in whom hatrel of the religion and the laws of England is the most uni v. rsal and most active principle—era here distinctly told, and told too esi by one having autho rity, that " they would be less than men could they bear with patience the yoke" impesed upon them by the Consti tution of the country it, which they are bore. They are to!ti that their oleelierice is disgraceful to themselves, mei are thus taught—not by a scheinieg priest or hireling pa tliet--not by a native Milesiau or a hi other Papist, but by one wearing the n:a-k of an L'rglisnman and a Protestant I, r and clad in the quad-official garb of authority, th it rebel lion is net only pardnnable but meritorious—is at once a duty anal a grace. Such is the language adtlrescel to poor igneraet impassioned Pat, the most. bigoted, excitable, and when excited the most sanguinary and remorse ' less of God's creatures, by the Morning Journal of our ▪ Whig-Papist Ministry. Such doctrines are seldom • spouted witl.out a motive, and a strong one. W e can hardly suppose that the Ch: oniac has been in ' ytrueted to ai.p'y the match which is intended to set fire to 1 all the infl.,inaiable materials of the Irish character, and cause an eruption of that tremendous volcano, to the exist ' once anti internal workings of which taro arch-incendiary oil ▪ himself bore eH m itnets in the House of Comoas. Nor is it, easy to believe that our Ministeri.a and pro - Papist Con teniporary would have hazarded language se closely approx.. itnatiug to treasonable without orders, or at least without permission. Be it as it may, 'tis.ae edifying though a me ' luiele4 sign of the times—and o:.e which the Protestants of England will net be likely to overlook—to find a Ministerial Journal publishing an Edition of " Tree s:n Male E.:sy" for the use of the Ir:sh Papists. It is, inch ed, the curious infacity cf Ministi rs— that which aggravates their infamy, without d•rni- I nishing their guilt—that they, like the demon .sl,,ves of wizards in the olden time, are compelled to be the servile agents or one whom they despise as an inferior, while they obey Lim as a taskmaster. The aristocratic Whigs despite the plebeian O'Connell as sincerely as Mephistopliles des pised Faust ; but, like lite worry fiend, they work out the mast, r's will, theuel, the cod be tears anti blood, and guilt and rds,ry—one hates them not the less for this, but one despises them more. The double degradation of their of ficial position is well illustrated in the following passage, which we have borrowed from the current number of that clever and useful publication, the 41Iontbly Law Magazine: The Ministers of her Majesty occupy a frost strange po sition at the present moment; one,indeed, not unlike that to which they have suffered our ancient ally, the Turk, to be re duced. He has on one side the Emperor of Russia for an ally, and on the other the Pacha of Egypt for a vassal; and both flout him with the harshness of a taskmaster that loves his em . pleyment. His antitypes in Downing -street have Mr. O'Con neli fur an _ally in the House of C , ,minoti.i, and the Earl of Durham fora subordinate in Canada; and, sooth to s ay, from each do they receive that species of behaviour that Shak speare would term ' vice-royalty over them.' Mr. O'Con nell distributes Baronetcies and Peerages at his pleasure, though with the nominal concurrence of the Ministry ; the Earl of Durham appoints Councillors and Commissioners at his will also, but in the very teeth of Lord Mel bourne's d: s :Li - probation. Mr. O'Connell has advanced the Earl of Mulgrave to the Marquisate of Nurmanhy ; and the Earl of Durham has nominatsd Mr. Turton—the Mr. Turton nd t at ( n: offi ce er sn it, Canada. In the mean time, however, poor Sir Jahn Hoouse, that most amiable and sweet-tempered of mireandi pour without r Mr . Sp their Rice, Peerages that most fo r time i presentenio us o , f ; and and ssoira E. some more expectant Barons with ricketty seats ; Bulwe e almost alone of the Ministerial adherents, i s to rec e i, e the r ewar d o f h i s f i delity and—we had elmost said.-:his services." Merl, who retain office as agents of Lord Durham and Mr. O'Connell, and have placed themselves in the predica ment thus described, must he in lm,e with infamy.—Morn ing Post. POST OFFICE REFORNI.—From— to the undermentioned towns, thepostages are" regulated" as follows : t ;to West Auckland, 12 miles, ;to Dar lington, % 7 0 d. Bishop Auckland, 15 miles, 7d . ; to Appleby, 25 m il es, 6)). liuri'am 16 , miles, 5d'23 miles, THE SUN, LON'DON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, :1838. Hon. Gentleman was admissible into the Bill, nor consistent with its principle, the object of which was to suppress pluralities. Dr. LUSHINGTON was also of opinion, that the Clause could not be well introduced into the Bill. There were no less than three instances - of peNonsholdir.g the office of Bishop who bad been incapacitated from the performance of thelr duties by bAily and mental infirmities, in whose cases the question had been raised as to whether others could be ap pointed in their places, and to this hour it remaLied doubtful whether the thing could be legally done. This, however, was not the occasion for discussing the question ; but he admitted the prop,sition was well worthy of the serious consideration of the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Department. The amendment was then withdrawn. On the amended clause 6 being proposed. Mr. HAWES hoped the Noble Lord (Russell) would not object to the original clause being restored. He did not sec how that clause could be objected to, or why, in the insuffi ciency of spiritual instruction, the parishioners should not be permitted, on raising a competent stipend by subscription, to have an additional curate of their choice, subject to the ap probation of the incumbent. The clause, as it originally stood, had met the general approbation of that House. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted that the clause had met with general assent in that House, but in another place it had been objected that the proposition was calculated to excite the jealousy of the incumbent. It was a natural jealousy, and he would not agree to the re-introduction of the clause. After a few words from Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Aglionby, and Mr. Freshfield, Mr. HAWES expressed his determination to urge his amendment. The House then divided when there appeared— Aes Noes 2O Majority against Mr. Hawes's amendment —26 The other elaui , es were then agree(l to. DUCHY OF CORNWALL POSSESSIONS BILL. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX EQUE R. this Bill was postponed till next session in con sequ:•nce of the late period of the session at which it was in troduced. DUCHY OF CORNWALL (TIN DUTIES) BILL. Upon the Order for the second reading of this Bill having been read, Mr. AGLIONBY objected to the second reading when the session of Parliament had so far advanced towards its termina tion. It was utterly impossible that the necessary and due at tention would be devoted to the Bill if it were sent through the House with such rapidity. Members had not even been fur nished with 'the Bill as yet, and notwithstanding they were called upon t• agree to its second reading. The Government had teen too precipitate. No loss than sixty-five Bills had been brought in since the Ist of July, and the greater portion of them had been introduced by members of the Government. It was scarcely fair towards the important interests that would 13: - . affected by this Bill to press it without further and more mature deliberation. He felt convinced that the Bill ought in justice to bo postponed, as well as the Duchy of Cornwall Pos sessions Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that nothing could be more inconvenient than the courge suggested by the Hon. Member. It would not be inconvenient to the Government, for they would not be affected by it, hut the inte rests concerned would be most materially injured by any de lay, The Bill had not emanated from the Government; it had been introduced at the request of the tin-plate workers on the one hand, and the tin mining interests in Cornwall on the other ; and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would ask, could anj thing be more injurious to those concerned than the delay which would necessarily arise from the postponement of the second reading, leaving all those concerned in a state of ignorance as to the course which Parliament intended to pur sue. Being confident that the passing of the Bill would tend to confer advantage upon those concerned, he hoped the House would consent, without further delay, to its second reading. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. THORNELY, Tha Bill was read a second time. The Order of the Day for the House going into a Com. mittee of Ways and Means was discharged. HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL. Sir M. WOOD moved that the Lords' amendments on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill be agreed to. Mr. HAWES opposed the motion. Several alterations were made in the amendments, and the- Bill was ordered to be returned to the Lords. SPIRIT LICENSES (IRELAND). Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL moved that the House resolve itself into Committee on the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill. Mr. SHAW opposed the motion, on the grounds that the permission to grocers to sell spirits was the cause of much immorality in Ireland. The grocers had had two years' notice to sell off their stock, and they could not, therefore, fairly com plain. Under these circumstances, he should move, as an amendment, that the Bill be committed that day three months. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the original motion. It would be doing a great injustice to a large class of industrious persons to defeat the Bill before the House. Mr. LUCAS opposed it. He was of opinion that the prac tice of selling spirits in grocers' shops was productive of great immorality and debauchery in Ireland. . Sir W. SOMERVIL LE thought that as the Bill only went to give the grocers another year to dispose of their stock, it would be better that it should be permittzd to pass. After a few words from Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Captain Jones, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Pryme, Mr. Estcourt, and Mr. Wyse, the House divided. For the original motion. Against it 35 25 -10 Aljority The House then went into Committee Ti e Bill went through Committee and the clauses were agret d to without amendo:out. RYAN'S PATENT PROCESS. Sir R. PRICE called the attention of the House to the C rcumstance of the use of Kyan's patent process in the Dutch n,:vy with a view to its adoption in the naval yards of this country, and to move for returns. Ile knew that experiments had been tried by Mr. Kyan, at the desire of the Admiralty, and he would be happy to hear from the Hon. Secretary what the results lthd b-en. Mr. BROTHERTON stated that the Dutch now pre served their ships at one-eighteenth of the cost incurred in the British ravy. Mr. C. WOOD said that Mr. Kyan had, in the year 1835, been emplot ed in making some experiments, at the instance of the Admiralty, in preserving ship-timbers. However, all that he felt himself justified in stating was, that nothing had turned up in the course of the experiments wLieh could lead them to a conclusion oc,e way or the,other.—( Laughter ) Mr. O'CONNELL said that one ftct was indisputable— the Dutch, the people who depended, most of all others, on their navy, had fairly tric.dtheplart,_and had fully ackpted it. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Aucusr 6. The SPEAKER took the Chair nt the usual hour. On the motion of Captain ALSAGER, the St. Saviour's Grammar School Bill was read a second time. Mr. PRA ED moved the third reading of Lethbridge's Divorce Bill. Read a third time, and passed. Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from Team, against the monopoly of the Bank of Ireland. Also one from the same place, praying for the total abolition of tithes. Mr. DOTTIN presented a petition from Southampton, against the sale of Beer Act. Mr. FIE LD EN presented several petitions, of which the followinc , are the greater number :—from Hyde, Chowbent, Huddersfield, Leigh, Paisley, Padiham, signed by many inha- Uitants of those places, and praying that Mr. Robert Owen may be heard at the bar of the House, in explanation of his principles of Social Reform ; from certain merchants and manufacturers of Oldham, praying that warehouses fur bonded corn may be instituted in the great mariufaetwing towns, a measure vs hich the petitioners felt satisfied would be advanta geous to the country ; a petition from Compton to the same effect ; petitions for Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot from Halifax, signed by 1,488 inhabitants ; Elland, Laytonstall, Almondbury, Wordsworth, Hyde, Medgeley, signed by 9 00 ; Thorn ton, signed by 1,000; Stainland, by 400 ; Queenshead, 440; Mixenden, 310 ; North Thomren, 420 ; Amber Thornley, 552 ; Colderis Haytonstale, 540 ; and from Mr. James Wil kinson, as Chairman of the Cobbett Club, to the same effect ; from Mr. James Brooker, of Elphinstone, Sussex, Chairman of a meeting of that and the several surrounding parishes, praying for a repeal of the New Poor. law Bill ; from Joseph Peham, of Boxgrove parish, Sussex, com_ plaining of having been committed to gaol for three weeks for having refused to maintain his daughter's bastard child, he being unable to do so, and praying the House to protect him from the repetition cf such punishment, with which he was threatened by the Clerk of the West Hampnet Union. From 375 male and 121 female inhabitants of Maldon, Essex, bur gesse;, and their wives and daughters, complaining of the un- Christian character of the r?w Poor-I,w, and pray ing for amend ments. From tie hand• loom weavers of Norvtich, setting forth their miserable conlition, and praying for an Act to re gulate the rate of wages. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from Manchester against the Beer Act. Str E. WILMOT pcesented a petition from Coventry against the Parochial Assessments Bill. Mr. BROTIIERTON presented a petition from South ampton against encouragement to idolatry in India. On the motion of Mr BERNAL the Lords' Amendments to the Fisheries ( Ireland) Bill were agreed to. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE the Lords' Amendments to the Coal Trade (Port of LOndon) Bill were agret-d to. On the motion of Mr. A GLIONBY the Lords' Amend merits to the Recovery of Tenunents Bill were agreed to. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Lanark against idolatrous worship in Indi t. Lord STANLEY seeing the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Treasury, in his place, begged to put a question to him with reference to a Bill that stood for a second leading to day. He had received communications upon the subject of that Bill, to-day, begging for its postponement. He wished, therefore, to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman would postpone the second reading for a few day's, Mr. F. MAULE believed that the Bill alluded to, the Dis tricts Courts in Boroughs Bill, ougkt to be well known and considered in the country, and that proper time had not been allowed for that purpose. He would therefore have no objec tion that it be postponed. He moved that it be further con. sidered that day three months. The Stamps Die Bill, the Valuation of Land (Ireland) Bill, the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill, and the Militia Pay Bill were severally read a third time and passed. PENSIONS BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for the third read. ingof the C Pen N s N ion E s L ß L ill' Mr. O'osaid he should move the postponement of the third reading till to-morrow, because he wished to have a clause inserted in the Bill for suspending the payment of a pension to a lady during the life of her husband. Nothing could be said against the lady, because she toad had to go through an ordeal, and she came out of that ordeal perfectly pure. Her husband had been convicted by Sir John Nichol of having conducted himself with great cruelty to her, and he conceived the pension ought to be suspended. The pension was in fact not paid 'to her at all, but to the husband. Sir John Nichol having declared the proofs of cruelty .fully maintained against the Marquis of Westmeath, decreed the Marchioness alimony to the amount of 7001. a year, and allowed her the pension of 385/. a year. That decree was appealed from by the Marquis of Westmeath, and the decision of the Court of Appeal was pronounced by the Vice-Chancel lor. The case was reported in 3.1 Knapp, 45. The superior Court concurred in tke judgment of Sir John Nichol against Lord Westmeath for cruelty to the lady, but the judgment was reformed to this ex tent—that it being established Lady Westmeath had a pension of 3851 a year, the Court of Appeal struck out the pension, and thus reduced the payment of Lord Westmeath's estate from ioo/. a year to 315/. ; that was, they gave Lord westmeath credit for the pension. Nobody, he was sure, would think Load Westmetth ought to be aaalded a pension. for cruelty to his lady. The and Learned Gentleman submitted the House ought t i allow him to bring up the clause for suspending the payment of the pension daring the Marquis of Westnieat h's actinic. The income of the lady would then he 7001. a-year. The patent, though granted for life, was repealable by law. But he (Mr. O'Connell) did not wish that step to le tak , n—he the House to act in analogy to it ; and st eing that the p..1:5;00 was no longer pay able to the Marchioness, but to the Marquis of Westmeath, he hoped the House would agree to the clause, to introduce whhh lie now asked that the third reading of the Bill might be postpone I till morrow. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said since the Learn , d Member had admitted this tension to be lawful, the Marchio ness had a vested inte: est in it during her life ; and no legal pro ceeding could‘take it away from her—only an Act P arliamen t. Would it then be just to deprive an individual of a vested right by Add Parliament? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. must re sist the introduction of the clause, as i t would be es_ tablishing a bad preced: nt to assent to it. The opinion of the House might as well taken now, as he w as bound, on the recAumendation of the Committee, to re sist the introduction of this clause. Mr. O'CONNELL believed the Committee did not take this int a eonslderatioa at all. The KITORNEY-GENERAL said this pension was vested iu thr lady, but it was not vested in her for the benefit of her husband. After a fe: , st l emarks from the Coancellor of the Exchequer, S E. Wilma, and O'C ,nnell, the amendlnent vvai ne gatived. and the 13d1 r , ad a third time, and pigoed DUCHIES OF CORNWALL AND LANCASTER The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER moved the second rtadilg of the Duchi_qi of Co:nsalla,d Lancaitcr Bill. Att HoN. MEmr.F.R, whose name wa could not learn , o pp o,ed the Bill, which h e considered would 11_, productive of g r eat injury. All h e w a n ted was that the p -inciple of granting le ises for ninety-nine years should be introduced, which would gr , atly improve the property of the country. The 8 . 11 : was then read sconJ time. BRIGHTON FISHERIES. Gptain PECHELL was anxious to put a que:tion to fie Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In consequence o f s ome aggressions upon the Brighton fishermen by the French blot:, -negocialions were entered into, and upon the sth of April papers were moved for and promised. In consequence of another a g gression a memor i a l u p on oath was sent to the Forei4n Office, and upon the 21st of May the Noble Lord said he would have no objection to inclule that memorial with the other papers. Oa the 231 July the vipers were on the table of the House, but the parties interested were much surprised to find that the most important paper was excluded—that, according to the phraseo logy of the day, the returns had been e masculated.—(A laugh.) He wished to know the reason why the memorial had not been included in the return. Lord PA LMERSTON said it was originally intended that the papers referred to should be laid before the House; but they were received after the motion was made ; they would, however, forthwith. be upon the tab!e BENEFICES PLURALITIES BILL. The Order of the Dty for considering the Lords' amend ments on the Benefices Pluralities Bill was then read. Lord J. RUSSELL stated that generally he intended to move the House to agree to these amendments ; from some, however, he dissented. Mr. HALVES regretted that an alteration should be made, extending the power of holding pluralities. Mr. A G LION B Y moved the re-insertion of the third clause. The Hon. Gentleman sail if the clause were not restored the Bill would nut give satisfaction to the House or the country. After a few words from Lord John Russ.:ll, Mr. Hawes, and Sir Robert Inglis, ' Strangers Were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were : For the clause 2B Against it MajJrity —26 On the amendment to clause six, AGLIONBY said, the 12;rds had struck out the H mits •f pluralities, which originally stood at 1501. ; they had altered it to 300/. He moved that the clause be restored to its original state. Sir R. INGLIS considered that as the law at present existed, the these would be better with the Lord,' Amend men' than without it. After a few words from Mr. PR YME, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, with respect to the present amendment he was of opinion that the sum of 1501 was better than 3001. in the clause, and he should therefore propose to disagree with that amendment.—(Hear, hear.) The Lords' amendment was then negatived. The next clause was agreed to, after the introduction of a few words by Mr. HAWES, in order to produce uniformity in the different dioceses. A vast number of v :rbal amendments were, after considerable discussion, agreed to. On clause f3O being proposed, Mr. HAVES moved as an amendment, that in any case where a Bish-ip was found, through age. or other infirmity, inrap ible of fulfilling the duties of his office, the Archbishop should be efripconered to convene a Council of six Bishops, to inquire into tie circumstances of the case. Such a propo,i tion as that he made was in conformity with the past usages of the Church. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think the provision of the PUBLIC BILLS. Mr. WALLACE rose to call the attention of the I-louse to a petition from Greenock, presented Aug. 3, complaining of th • introduction of public Bills affecting trade at a late period (.f the Session, and declared his intention of making a motion on the subject to-morrow. DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the Roport of the proceed mg, and evirlinec taken before the last Dublin Election Com mittee be lai i before the Ih - insp.—Agreed to. DISMISSALS OF NAVAL OFFICERS. Sir E. CODRINGTON moved for returns of the grounds on which the late Commander Edwards, Mr. Willi. m Boyce (late surgeon), and Mr. Rowland Milner (late a Lieutenant in ILT Majesty's service), were deprivr d of their commissions: Mr. C. Nr% OOD opposed the motion, as he felt that such appeals to this llouse were mist injurious to the good of the service, and as the circumstances had already been fully inves tigited and adjudicated on by a competent Admiralty tribumd. begged to be excused entering into a defence of that Court now, as be had already three times made speeches on this very motion. An H9N. 41EMIIER moved that the House be counted, and there not being more than tweuty Members present, the House stood adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, AuGusr 6 The LORD CHANCELLOR taok his seat on the Woolsack ihertly after Five o'Clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions from several parts of London against tho Comity Rates Bill. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented petitions from Liverpool and Chester against the Prisons Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Bury St. Edmund's against idolatry in India. The Right Rev. Prelate presented similar petitions from Bristol and Andover. Also, p e titions from Elphin and Limerick, , gainst the Tithe Bill. A twssenger from the House of Commons brought up the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill, tha Oaths Validity Bill, and several other Bills. Lord SEG R AVE presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the Summer Assizes at Glouc e st er , p ra yi n g for a n alteration of the Beer Act. The petitioner , : stated that it was their firm belief that the present Beer Law Act en couraged drunkenness and dissipation. The Noble Lord fully concurred in the prayer of the petition. At the same time he begged to say that he thought there was a great difference between the beer shops in town and country. In the country they w‘sre attended with the worse consequences. Lord BROUGHAM agreed with his Noble Friend that the wc.rst effect of the beer-shops was felt in the country, and the only doubt in his mind was whether he should not, in the next Session of Parliament, in any measure he might bring forward, draw ti line between the town and the country. COPYRIGHT BILL. Oa the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, after a few words from the Marquis of L ANSDOWNE, the Copyright Bill was real a third time and passed. Lord STRAFFORD presented petitions from Bow a gainst the Beer Act. Lord A SHBURTON presented petitions from Hampshire to the same effect. Lord RODEN presented petitions from different parts of Ireland against idolatrous worship in India, and also against an y further grant to the College of M s y noot h. The Earl of CHICHESTER presented similar petitions from different parts of Sussex. The Duke of RUTLAND also presented similar petitions froM Leicester. The County Clare Treasurers:Bill went through Committee after a few observations from Lord PLUNK ET. The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from Ripon against idolatrous worship in India. The Noble Earl also presented a petition from Mr. Bell, the owner of the Vixen, which was seized off the coast of Circassia, complaining of that seizure by the Russian Government, and pra)iug for an inquiry into the circumstances of that capture. At the present late period of the Session, it was not his intention to bring forward any motion on the subject, but from all that he had heard relative to the relations-of this cou:try and the East, he ti ought it subject well deserving of the attention of the Government. 1 , , aescrer to a question from Lord LYNDHURST, Lord GLENELG stated that the papers with re. , prct to Canada would be laid on the table on Thursday next. Lord BROUGHAM F;ave notice that he should rrove for certain rape :s connected wi7n t ee succession to the Throne of Oude. The Duke of WELLINGTON presen:cd a petition from the Easton Division of Kent, complaining of a change made by the House of Commons in the Imrriionment for Debt 1:'11, by which the time of its coming into oirition was delayed. Lord BROUGHAM felt glad that the Noble Nuke had called tho attention of the [louse to the subj. et ; he thought that the alteration of the House of Commons was cruel in the extreme. IRISH TITHE BILL Lord MELBOURNE postponed the third reading of tl.e Ir:slt Tithe Bill till to-morrow. The Marquis of DOWNS, Ei IR E presented a petition from Down against tithes. On tie motion of the Marquis of f, ANSDOWNE, the Constables on Public Works Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed tomorrow. The Juvenile Onnders Bill uas read a third ti me and passed. _ _ The Earl of LICHFIELD moved the second reading of the Mails on Railways Bill. In consequence of the op position of certain parties the Bill had been modified, but he was of opinion that the Bill, as originally framed, was better. However, if it might be necessary to introduce morn stringent provisions, that could be dune by aucther Bill next Session. The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed on Thursday. On the motion of the same Noble Earl the Mediterranean Postage Bill was read ti second time. PRISONS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on this Bill. The ob ject of the 1.3111 was to put the prisons in boroughs on the same footing as county prisons. To this he anticipated no objection. The only thing that was objected to was the ex pense which it would create. He did not deny that the regu lations under the Bill would. create expense ; but, then, he would ask whether it was not necessary that those regulatio.s should be made ? The Marquis of SALISBURY said that he must complain of the late period of the Session at which the Bill had beer, broutzht up. The Noble and Learned Lord said there was no objection to that part of the Bill which related to the bo roughs. He (the Marquis of Salisbury) had that evening presented a petition from Liverpool, pre) ing that the peti tioners might be heard at the bar against the Bill. He thought as the Bill would throw a heavy charge upon the rate-payers that the subject ought to undergo investigation be fore a Committee up stairs. He also objected to the unlimited powers of taxation which the B.il gave the Secretary of State for the Hone Department, and to the provision autho• rising the Justices in certain cases to appoint as chaplains clergy not of the Established Church. He thought too that the experiment which the Bill was to make had better be tried in one of the public prisons. He therefore should move that the Bill h e, mmit ed this. day three months. Lord LYNDHURST said that he ilemeht their Lordships could not know, without a very careful consideration, what the effect of the Bill rally w Is. The effect of the Bhl was to en able the Secretary of State to establish separate confinement, solitary confinement, in every gaol in the kingdom. The Bill also gave the S , cr , ta , y of State a power of taxation which he thought their Lordships would hesitate to confer, on the slight examination that they had been able to give the subject this Session. Ha was satisfied their Lordships would not pass the Bill as it at present stood. According to the existing law, the magistrates at Quarter Sessions were empowered to make rules and regulations for the government of the prisons, which must at stated intervals, be submitted to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State, by the Act passed a year or two ago, was empowered to alter those rules and regulations and to add to them as he might think proper. The Secretary of State, therefore, had the absolute controul and superin tendence of the prisons. By the present Bill it was provided that rules for separate confinement, in such manner as the S;Tretary of State should choose to direct, should be considered as rules and regulations within the meaning of the previous Act of Parliament. The Secretary of State, therefore, by his own fiat, might compel the adoption of solitary confine ment in every gaol in the kingdom. The Noble and Learned Lord said there was no alteration in the law. Never had such powers been given to any Minister of the Crown—to any one individual. He did not mean to say that solitary con finement might not be good ; but it was at present in contro versy even in America. Were they then disposed at this period of the session to adopt the separate system, which was only solitary confinement with the addition of labour. Their Lordships had already decided that in certain very great and enormous offences, prisoners should be subjected to solitary confinement for one month at a time. but not exceeding three months in the year. Whet did this Bill do? The Sec ear of State might confine a man from month to month. When it was known that a power of taxation consequent on this was given to the Secretary of State, without limit or controul, and when it was known that the expense would be enormous, lie should certainly oppose the vesting such discretion in any one individual. As there was now no time for a Committee up stairs, he should support the motion of his Noble Friend the Marquis of Salisbury. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that before they made any alteration they ought at least to know what was the best sys tem of discipline. Lord BIWUG [IA M said that he wished to suggest one thing. It was quite clear that it was not the intention of the Act, even if it were a lust construction, that the Secretary of State should have the power of taxing any one counts. H , ! thought, therefore, that that objection might be remedied in the Committee. The ether objection, however, hc thought could not so easily be got over. The Earl of CHICHESTER said that he would earnestly rec,,mrn,md their Lordships to go into Commtttee on the Bill. He thought the Bill did not give the Secretary of Slate more power than he at present possessed. Ile Duke of RICH ‘IOND said that he thought all the ol,j,•ctions might be remedied in the Committee. The solitary system had been tried in Sussex, and with the best efFecti. If the House were to limit the clauses to the Report of the Com mittee, another Bill might be introduced next session. Ater a few words from the Earl of WICK LO W, -- The LORD 'CHANCELLOR said that there as yet had been no objections made to that part of the Bill which related to the borough prisons. The Noble and Learned Lord ob jected to the powers to be given to the Secretary of State.. The words in the Bill were—" The persons authorised by law to make rules and regulations for the government of prisons." The Noble and Learned Lord had assumed th it the person wag the Seen tar 3 of State. He did not think their Lordships c.ruld have any objection to pass this Ict, as it did not go fur ther than the 4th of George IV. If they looked to that Act they would find that the magistrates w,..re, in the first instance, empoaered to make regulations, subject to the correction of the Secretary of State. The question of separate confinement sv..!s a long and important one, and one in which he was not at present inclined to go ; but he thought it should not interfere with the pr.lgress of this Act. After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBCRY, Lord LYNDHURST sail that the Noble Lord was allud ing to the 4th of George IV., but he (Lord Lyndhurst) •had alluded to the sth and 6th of William IV., which provided that the magistrates at Quarter Sessions might make rules and regulations for the government of gaols, but should trans. mit them fro n time to time to the Se.n - etary of State, who had power to alter as he thought proper, or to add any new clauses. His (Lord Lyndhurst's) argument, therefore, was, that if any person had power to alter or add to the regulations of another, lie had in fact, absolute contreul over such regu lations. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE saki it was not the wish of the Government to give to the Secretary of State the power feared by the Noble and Learned Lord, although he confessed that the wording of the Act gav e colour to the ap prehension. it, thought, however, that there would not be the least difficulty in totally excluding the Secretary of State by an alteration is the wording. Noble Lords should not think that by voting for the Committee they were expressing any opinion on the merits of the silent system, although at the same time he thought it desirable that some experiment should be tried as to its usefulness as a severe punishment. The House then divilfed : For the amendment Against it Majority —l The Bill was consequently lost. Lord BROUG H A M moved the adoption of an APress to her Majesty, similar to that which hid been unanimously adopted by the other House of Parliament, praying her Ma jesty to use her influence with foreign states to obtain their co operation in the suppression of the slave trade.—Agreed to. The Prisons (Scotland) Bill went through Committee, pro . forma, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow (this day). THE TRADING COMPANIES BILL. The Trading Companies Bill was committed, and reported with amendments. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice he should feel it his duty to take the sense of the House upon the third reading of the BR He thought it was a Bill founded upon a worse prinviple than any Bill which had been offered to their Lordships daring the present session of Parliament. The report of the Bill was ordered to be received to morrow. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BILL. Clauses to 15 were agreed to, Clause 16. Lord LYNDHURST moved, as an amendment, that no mortgagee or trustee should have power to vote out premises, unless in the receipt of the whole rents and profits of the same. . Viscount • MELBOURNE °Node,' to this amendment, as being, in his opinion, better adapted to the Fictitious Voters Bill than the measure before the House. After a short conversation the House divided— For the amendment 23 Against it l6 Majority —7 The other clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, and the House resumed. The report was ordered to be received on Thursday next. The Duke of WELLINGTON asked when the Bill would come into operation? Viscount MELBOURNE —When it had received the Royal assent. The Law Societies (Ireland) Biil was read a third tin e and passed. The House then adjourbed. G REAT MEETING OF TILE poLl. TICAL UNION A l' BIRMINGHAM. ( From the Morning Ado, rtiser.) MONDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK. This great meeting, which hacce: cited so general a s ense` tion throughout, not only the midland counties, but rtmotiV; the Radical RiArmers of Great Britain, has just now termli meted. The object s o f th e • meet i ng w ill h e most eas ily define, by reference to the followi ng p roc l ama ti in issued by the Council of the Birmingham Union, at which the subjoined re solutions were agreed to : " This Council considering the grand demonstrations of public (pinion which have lately been exhibited in Glasgow, Newcastle, end other important towns and distr:cts, in see port of the great le-inciples of Universal Suffrage, Annual P 41 ." laments, Vote by Ballot, wage s o f a t ten d ance, an d the aboli tion of property qualificati on i n M em b ers o f t h e H o use 0 d Cumulous— ixine , ples recommend e d by the Council, 59 , edopt d by the Union, as vitally ne cessar y t o t h e sa fety, th e libsrty, and the prosperity of the people, and ( qually wee's' sary to the sefe:y and the glory of the Crown, which is the unity of the people; end this Council considering that many years of painful experience have proved that the late reform of the Home of Cotnftons has been a mere delusion, and that, under the present state of that House, th ere i s no hope °f any real or porn anent prosperity for the industrious classes: ground doe n and oppressed, as they are, by unjust and cruel laws, making the means small and the burdens great, ag4r s9 ' disiug the rich and impoverishing the poor, crushingindustrY o creating poverty among the people, and th en d e p r iving Pc; serty of relief; and considering also th a t un l ess th e pres e i e ,t :to, of the House of Commons can b e c h ange d, and:„.ta e wrongs and injuries of the millions of th e p eop l e can b e rectii fled peaceful and legal means, the most f ear f u l peliti° 3 . . convulsions may be apprehended to our country—convulsio n vtlich may involve all in one common ruin—and this Council considering that, in this great and vital crisis, it is of hie ittipo, - ta,ce that the inhabitants of Birmingham, and o f th . s midland district of England. should co me f oi ti t i nt h e i r strengt e to in the great and holy work of peacefully and legal l ); vindicating the liberty, and restori ng t h e p rosper i ty o f the i d country, their long oppressed, misgoverned, and exasperat e country ; considering things— '` theslt was resolve unanimously— , " Is'. That a general meeting of the inhabitants of Birmint ham, and of the Midland District of England, be held in tie fields at the foot of Holloway Head, in Birmingham, o n AIO e day, the 6th day of August next, a t t we l ve o'clock in tie forenoon. the chair to he taken at one o'clock precisely. " 2d. That the Nat onal Petition, already numerously sign ed in different districts of the United Kingdom, and contai o all the great principles above auuded to, arid also the Pei:P lc ; Charter, recommended by the Working Men's Association ° London, and embodying the same principles in the form of Bill in Parliament, be submitted to th e a pp ro b a ti o n of t h e meeting. " 3d. That it be recommended to th e mee ti ng t o appe int delegates from the town of Birmingham, to conduct the pre sentation cf the National Petition to the House o f C er nmong! and in conjunction with other delegates from different tow": and districts, to form a General Convention of the industri et : classes, and to conduct the le g al measures necessary fer , purpose of carrying the objects of the National Petition int ° few. 4th. That the different towns and districts o: the Unite(' Kingdom be requested to hold public meetings of the inhabi t• ants without delay, for th e p urpose o f o b ta i n i ng s i gn atures ' Ol the National P et i t i on , an d a l so o f appointing delegates fro each town or distri c t, not ifyi ng suc h appo i ntment to th e Chairman of thi s meeting, until the numb er o f d e l ega tes ar pointed shall amount to forty-nine, which is the highest Ml °. her allowed by law to sit as a permanent body. " sth. That n o d e l egate can b e l egally appointed b y so h Political Union, or other associated body, but that every 0 ; 0 delegate must be appointed at a public meeting of inhabitant generally. "6th. That the Chairman of tire 7 , feeting be instructed to assemble the dele g at es i n L on d on, at such time as InaY h necessary before the meeting of the next session of Parlianseal, " 7th. That the owners of manufactories, iron-works, C O ; lierics, and other es t a bli s h ments in the neighbourhood, b e re, spectfully requested t o c l ose or suspend their works on the a ,t' i o of the meeting, for the purpose of giving their workmen'. opportunity of attending. " Bth. That Mr. John Pierce and Mr. John Collins be apt pointed Marsh a l s o f t h e Meeting, to superintend and cook; the whole of the arrangements, and that the different bed; of men, as they enter the town and the place of meeting' requested to attend strictly to their directions." te 4 In conse quence Qt . t hi s proc l amat i on, which was c i rc tlia 0 extensively throughout th e ki ng d om, a l arge num b er o f tn` g , sent their delegates to the meeting. Amongst them w a ;,- deputation from the tradesmen of London and from Glasg ° ;f all the manufacturing towns within a circuit of fifty mi les Birmingham contributing also their quota. t he Before nine o'clock this morning all the streets . 9 of neighbourhood of the Town-hall presented an a bustle and business which had never been equalled save at pen, great meeting convened here whilst the Reform Bill was a inn. At ten o'clock the Town Hall was crowded densei2 r eeo every part, a meeting of the Birmingham Union having convened previou; to the commencement of the proceecling;ho the National Convention, the object of it being to elect C4:uncil of the Union for the ensuing year. MEETING AT THE TOWN HALL. Messrs. Attwoed, Salt, and Edmunds were received, ati, ete tering the hall, with loud cheers, as were Mr. Feargus r. nor and the delegates from Stotland, Messrs. Purdie a nd M'„ j j and those from London, Dr. Wade and Messrs. Vincent 9 ", ppearaneetbe Hetherington, and Mr. Richardson, the Manchester delegare Three groans were proposed, and emphatically given, .• trickster Whigs and Tory tyrants." reed the fulloaing placard, n t g V : hi t e a h k' h t e !, A sa ir id . F ha a Previous to th e chai r bring in Manchester, and which was received with loud and re , bursts of applause : " MURDER DEMANDS JUSTICE. that " Brother Radicals,—The memorable 16th of August , ris ver-to-be-forgotten day in M tachester, is near at hanu l ! " O f we ertil upon you once more to assemble on the Plains. Peterloo, and there prove to the perpetrators of that inbti (liienbeeer,nofi.,uobstifsol jrcedi, deed that you have not forgotten, tier will you ever W o re until Justice' has b een obtained for the outrages that uer d committed on flea day. Shall th e s h r i e k s o f t h e bute" a rgil children —the piercing cries of the slaughtered women' t ie , tile dying groans of the murdered men, be forgotten , b Y aa llf Radical R e f ormers o f Manchester, for peaceably and ILe'b'ael, meetine to p e ti t i on f or a repeal of the infamous Corn j ß and a R tdical Reform in the representation of the poP le the Commons' House of Parliament ? lie h ate " Fellow Labourers in the cause of Freedom.— epe' o a h n t d ai i n vi e la d t a is m t e h e e k rc l s ßefor m o t i h i e t - c o ils il in u e- id ctss csHouse? o l f l t e b Li 'vee- o 'g al a New Pour-law Amendment Bi:1, Civ virtue of which yl.i n go be tor from the boa tints of your w i ves an d your li t tle air'P t . m ss' for ths n crime of being reduced t o p overty , b y a system o,„tbsC rule, and ex il e d t a union workhouse : and i n a ddition e ns' most mest abomin a bl e A ct , severa l of our workmen have bee9,t tbo: prted for nobly d e f en di ng t h e r i ghts of i ndustry—to CCP I:elHr Labourer; and others. mine' Fellow Citi zens ,—B est i r yourse l ves as men deter e ar to be fr t e! Arise fioin your seeming ap a thy, sled Y e e oppressor; see that knoehig your rights you arc deternon ea maintain them. " Brother Radicals,—We (the Committee) call uP°..te Y bt' to follow t h e examp l e o f the immortal Hunt, car ovr i g i i;e Cobbett, and o t h er no bl e h eroes , w h o h ave b r ace d t ss ies' battle and the bre e z e aga i ns t t h e i ron h an d o f o PPre, the and whose names will be h an d e d d own to poste rity a off greatest ornaments th a t s oc i et y cou ld b oast o f i n t he agc vsir laved. " Brother Radicals,—We call upon you to come fg, r fob ° in defence of your rights, an d su pp ort suc h men a s ivi .„— r i, e edg' F.elden, I', far Oldham, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, of Mr. Thomas Attwood, of B irm i ng h am , an d ot h e r brav e coo' who are willing to lead you o n t o v i ctory , l ega lly, & c oat* quest to conquer, until you have obtain e d A nnua l Parlie et ti Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, an d, a b ove a ll, no pr y qualification in the Elector or elected, at/ ts " A procession will be fo r m e d a t t h e N ew C ro ss, 0 , cocci from thence to the bl o od- s t a i ne d fi e ld o f Peter , l, c o o A , ti the evening of the 16 t h of A ugust , b y h a lf .pas t six o e oe: when the meeting w ill b e addressed by several g ees a es° friendly to the cause of j us ti ce , an d fi rm p atr i o ts in "- A th r of freedom. r ial " N. B. The public arc mos t respect f u ll y i n forme d there is a Union formed i n N ewe ll' s b u ildi ngs , O P th a e va s e ciples laid dcwn by the Birmingham Political Union' coe l those friendly to the c a us e o f lib erty wou l d d o w ell — 1 . 0 60 forward and enrol themselves as members , and no t ale the old moito, Union is strength , knoW i '' ve piaer power.' A meeting is h e ld regu l ar l y every M on day c A at seven o'clenk. it 1 " - et Mr. FAt;LKNER having co nc l u d e d rea di ng, sa id tb at o d the first time he bad ever raised his voice in so 'are 0106 - spectable an assen ,bl y, b ut he had on this occas i o n c a ,„ m et miles for th a t purpose.—(Cheers.) Above all, he wasOP'''teo ber of th e R e f orm A ssoc i at i on i n that nest of Tort es, dept/ —(Cheers.) He b gged to say the!. he had not be el i3irtal"' by the Association, but had come as a volunteer to ham —( Cheers.) t be.- O Mr. COLLINS, one of the mar s h a l s o f t h e d a y, 00 1, A it forward, and said he had receiv e d a l etter from Liaerfclere", extract from which he would read t o t h em, as be ca s r ot: to be of impartance. He then read th e f o ll ow ing ef t 185 9 : 1 0 Liverpool, Aug- ' l ► , :t iorn " D. ar Sir—We have adopted t h e N at i on al Pe" let • t t‘ if you have got any printed c o pi es o f i t, p l ea se P ila f I' 1 bearer have a number of them, f or w hich he w il 'i r i tiea; for We intend to send a delegate to ale 'National Ceri v i r ieno s ip have likewise to present you the bet thanks of our ita tie'i d et raising . the country int o that dglorious state of A I F grel l °to and %i:4011-, until we obt a i n tl' ose rights W e ough t which it now is, arid which i t is hoped' will increase mover Eloping that o ur tffirts will shortly ed itli have be..-n de i ;ri‘el of. be v cr ° " 11 11f. f success, 4 ` I am, d ear Si r , t 'our ' s most -4 TO,n -' " CHABL° .. e: :; ti l i sr d .. e o pc.. . u, l. t l . iel i si D N ' tos e tt a llh n een s ni tr s e ea t etid. t, ini D gh,e ale.street." s l9° the spirited Pti hit; e.. i ' yhol arotu LtgQiiiv't.'enr.nPle7 : : c eitra g :t : I: : I gf: , rrtSi t h h /ei °: Several p7 ve ( ra Lowlcheers.) - I) oil a s:: 0 f )asi, t l h b e a n n i n o e n r e s ty wie i r c e it then v a d , i c s I. Ala t e y d cc %iris three loa feB one et them devi .. x• as 6J. in Enr land:much iaro-er, I'' pia; e ci N a v 1 t froml 114 in si b ic e r c oi b r n g c ei o: b li ti: ~ ; andther b . flu in France ; anot'ier stilt lar:rper, marked 61. " I ~d i p; eei motto being, << 'The effects c. 7 the Corn La ws. he rn o' r Mr. Ensultios then said That he h.,cl t o inform t e d , c o that Mr. F eargus O ' Connor ha d b een deputed"::;t of c l ' o 'n& meeting by a cons id era bl e rtis m b c r of towns—tb :i tile se was Halifax, at a public :.netting held there& .~ ,!'i